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| The '''Caucasoid race''' is one of five racial categories as defined by the ] ] in 1934. The other four races that Coon defined were the ], the ] race, the Negroid race and the ] race. These racial classifications were made on the basis of physical features.<ref>Tishkoff, S. A., and Kidd, K. K. ''Implications of biogeography of human populations for 'race' and medicine: Nature Genetics'', 36, S21 - S27 (2004) {{doi-inline|10.1038/ng1438}}</ref> According to Leonard Lieberman, Rodney C. Kirk, and Alice Littlefield, The concept of race has all but been completely rejected by modern mainstream anthropology.<ref>Leonard Lieberman, Rodney C. Kirk, and Alice Littlefield, "Perishing Paradigm: Race—1931-99," ''American Anthropologist'' 105, no. 1 (2003): 110-13</ref> | The '''Caucasoid race''' is one of five racial categories as defined by the ] ] in 1934. The other four races that Coon defined were the ], the ] race, the ] race and the ] race. These racial classifications were made on the basis of physical features.<ref>Tishkoff, S. A., and Kidd, K. K. ''Implications of biogeography of human populations for 'race' and medicine: Nature Genetics'', 36, S21 - S27 (2004) {{doi-inline|10.1038/ng1438}}</ref> According to Leonard Lieberman, Rodney C. Kirk, and Alice Littlefield, The concept of race has all but been completely rejected by modern mainstream anthropology.<ref>Leonard Lieberman, Rodney C. Kirk, and Alice Littlefield, "Perishing Paradigm: Race—1931-99," ''American Anthropologist'' 105, no. 1 (2003): 110-13</ref> | ||
| Today, over 60 years after Coon, Caucasian is not considered a race by either the ] nor the ]. The ] defines Caucasoid as an ] (rather than a race) which has "historical origins in Europe, North Africa or Southwestern Asia, including India". The Institute identifies eight ethnic groups: ], ], ], Caucasoid, ], Mixed, ] and ].<ref>http://www.ebi.ac.uk/imgt/hla/help/ethnic_help.html</ref>. In the past, the ] used the term Caucasoid as a "racial stock" term (the other "racial stocks" were Australoid, Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid). The "racial stock" categorization scheme was replaced in 2004 with Continental Population Groups which focuses on geographic origins.<ref>http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd03/nd03_med_data_changes.html</ref> | Today, over 60 years after Coon, Caucasian is not considered a race by either the ] nor the ]. The ] defines Caucasoid as an ] (rather than a race) which has "historical origins in Europe, North Africa or Southwestern Asia, including India". The Institute identifies eight ethnic groups: ], ], ], Caucasoid, ], Mixed, ] and ].<ref>http://www.ebi.ac.uk/imgt/hla/help/ethnic_help.html</ref>. In the past, the ] used the term Caucasoid as a "racial stock" term (the other "racial stocks" were Australoid, Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid). The "racial stock" categorization scheme was replaced in 2004 with Continental Population Groups which focuses on geographic origins.<ref>http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd03/nd03_med_data_changes.html</ref> | ||
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The Caucasoid race is one of five racial categories as defined by the physical anthropologist Carleton S. Coon in 1934. The other four races that Coon defined were the Mongoloid race, the Australoid race, the Negroid race and the Capoid race. These racial classifications were made on the basis of physical features. According to Leonard Lieberman, Rodney C. Kirk, and Alice Littlefield, The concept of race has all but been completely rejected by modern mainstream anthropology.
Today, over 60 years after Coon, Caucasian is not considered a race by either the European Bioinformatics Institute nor the National Library of Medicine. The European Bioinformatics Institute defines Caucasoid as an ethnic group (rather than a race) which has "historical origins in Europe, North Africa or Southwestern Asia, including India". The Institute identifies eight ethnic groups: American Indian, Australian Aboriginal, Black, Caucasoid, Hispanic, Mixed, Oriental and Pacific Islander.. In the past, the National Library of Medicine used the term Caucasoid as a "racial stock" term (the other "racial stocks" were Australoid, Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid). The "racial stock" categorization scheme was replaced in 2004 with Continental Population Groups which focuses on geographic origins.
But Caucasian race remains in use in the non-scientific community. The Oxford English Dictionary defines Caucasoid as as noun or adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Caucasian race. The suffix -oid can indicate "a similarity, not necessarily exact, to something else", so Caucasoid can mean "resembling" the Caucasian race, itself a term with an inexact definition. Likewise, it can mean pertaining to or belonging to the Caucasian race.
Genetics
Footnotes
- Tishkoff, S. A., and Kidd, K. K. Implications of biogeography of human populations for 'race' and medicine: Nature Genetics, 36, S21 - S27 (2004)
- Leonard Lieberman, Rodney C. Kirk, and Alice Littlefield, "Perishing Paradigm: Race—1931-99," American Anthropologist 105, no. 1 (2003): 110-13
- http://www.ebi.ac.uk/imgt/hla/help/ethnic_help.html
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd03/nd03_med_data_changes.html
- http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50034773?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=Caucasoid&first=1&max_to_show=10
- http://www.bartleby.com/64/C008/037.html
See also
- Genetic views on race
- Caucasian race
- Caucasian peoples
- European American
- European people
- Craniofacial Anthropometry
- White people